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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | March 06, 2007
NAPA, CA – Regulus knows the paper-based side of healthcare. It claims to send the highest volume of first-class mail of anyone in the U.S. While it’s a huge provider in s...
By John Andrews | 01:00 am | March 06, 2007
THE RECENT DISCLOSURE that The HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Consorta are pooling their procurement power is prompting speculation about whether this is a sign that consolidation among group purcha...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | March 05, 2007
The current Medicare physician payment formula is "fatally flawed" and should be replaced with one that better reflects the reality of practice cost increases, say doctors, congressional advisors, law...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | March 02, 2007
A program that provides financial incentives to hospitals that meet quality of care standards has been financially restructured and extended three years by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic...
By Jack Beaudoin | 01:00 am | March 01, 2007
In a speech delivered to the 2007 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition Thursday morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said he expects a rapid transformation to a competition-b...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 28, 2007
A new plan to fund local organizations to assess and report on providers' quality of care performance was announced Wednesday by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt....
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | February 26, 2007
On the day prior to the official start of HIMSS 2007, a new conference-related event brought together leaders of emerging healthcare IT companies and venture capitalists looking to invest in the indus...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | February 26, 2007
A hospital's CEO doesn't typically do rounds at midnight, particularly to allay IT concerns. But that's what Salem Hospital's CEO did to ensure that front-line users felt comfortable with the facility...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | February 23, 2007
Minority and low-income Medicare beneficiaries are relying on Medicare Advantage Plans and MediGap for healthcare coverage, new studies by America's Health Insurance Plans have found....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | February 23, 2007
The CBORD Group, an Ithaca, N.Y.-based provider of food and nutrition management and cashless card systems to healthcare facilities, has announced a multi-year, sole-source agreement...